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LISTSERV give-and-take forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Pete Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 29 Sep 1999 08:48:43 -0400
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LISTSERV give-and-take forum <[log in to unmask]>
 >It's always seemed wrong to me that a list owner's choice of name in
 >a subscription overrides what's in the registry, thus affecting
 >future subscriptions to other lists.  It seems to me that a name given
 >in an ADD command should be entered in the registry only if there's no
 >name already there.  A name given in a SUBSCRIBE command should always
 >be entered in the registry, because SUBSCRIBE commands are entered by
 >the users themselves.

IF there already is a name in the registry, either by the REGISTER
command or due to the "priming" by a new LISTSERV host subscriber, should
add'l SUBSCRIBE commands then over-ride?

/Pete

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